Eje Thelin

b. Eilert Ove Thelin, 9 Sept 1938, Jönköping, Sweden, d. 18 Might 1990. Thelin was among the most powerful voices for the trombone to emerge from European countries within the 60s. His understanding of every design of jazz helped him to build up an identification for his very own groups and provided him the chance of using illustrious visitors such as for example George Russell. Thelin shifted to Austria where he trained for five years, while still jointly leading an organization with Joachim Kuhn; they both made an appearance on Eternal Tempo by Don Cherry. On his go back to Sweden Thelin continuing to business lead his own groupings and attained a federal government stipend forever as a respected artist. Unfortunately, he passed away in his early 50s in 1990. Thelin is going to be remembered among the most effective trombonists in modal and free of charge music to result from European countries.